Germany’s single Euro Hawk derivative of the Global Hawk unmanned air system is to be put in a museum almost a decade after the program failed. 

High-rate composites manufacturing technology for the aerospace, automotive and air mobility industries is at the heart of a £90 million ($125 million) UK government-industry investment in five research and development projects.

Aerovel is to begin ramping up production of the Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft system after securing $2.5 million in Series B capital.

UK lessor Falko Regional Aircraft is to participate in the development of Electric Aviation Group’s (EAG) hybrid-powered regional airliner.

Austria has taken delivery of the first of nine modernized Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawks.

Eight Japanese companies are now working to design the nation’s F-X fighter: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Subaru, IHI, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC.

The Ukrainian government is planning to nationalize aero-engine maker Motor Sich in a bid to protect the company from Chinese investors.

Airbus has ground tested a prototype mechanism to deploy an unmanned aircraft from the rear ramp of an Airbus A400M airlifter in flight as part of studies aimed at supporting the European Future Combat Air System.